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In the photo, it's very difficult/impossible to make out the "Florida" and the map. it looks more like scattered colors which is why I agree with Patrick. It could be though that in reality the "Florida" is much more obvious and pronounced and so doesn't actually work.

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Originally Posted by SoulDischarge

I like it as is.

Originally Posted by TomAz

In the photo, it's very difficult/impossible to make out the "Florida" and the map. it looks more like scattered colors which is why I agree with Patrick. It could be though that in reality the "Florida" is much more obvious and pronounced and so doesn't actually work.

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I finally put shit on my walls today. My room is colorful, but man I have too many posters in here. I think I want to replace my Christmas lights with something cuter, and I want to find something to put above my window. Also going to make a half-curtain at some point.

Originally Posted by bmack86

Has anyone gone on a date with a sandwich recently? What base did you get to? Ham?

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We just moved, and of course, since it's a rental, the paint job is really bad. I'm going to have to sand and replace kitchen hardware so the cabinets doors open and close.

The drawers in the kitchen are pretty bad too. A couple of the drawers don't want to open, and one drawer has a broken piece that can give you splinters. I'm looking at how the drawers are made and thinking it might not be impossible to make new ones. Or, should I just keep bugging the owners to get it fixed? (Not hopeful about that!)

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We just moved, and of course, since it's a rental, the paint job is really bad. I'm going to have to sand and replace kitchen hardware so the cabinets doors open and close.

The drawers in the kitchen are pretty bad too. A couple of the drawers don't want to open, and one drawer has a broken piece that can give you splinters. I'm looking at how the drawers are made and thinking it might not be impossible to make new ones. Or, should I just keep bugging the owners to get it fixed? (Not hopeful about that!)

Because you're new tenant, they probably slapped on a coat of fresh paint without prepping anything first, and if you've mentioned the problems to them and they aren't in any hurry, tell them you think it would be easy enough to do yourself. So far, it's worked for me and then I just deduct my expense from the next month's rent. Like Hannah said, probably needs to have the tracks for the drawers sanded to make them open easier.

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I know this thread has a pretty small audience, but I was wondering if any of the people who do routinely click on it would be interested in a smaller, separate-from-the-rest-of-the-board handmade-only secret santa type gift exchange for those of us who can make things or are maybe short enough on cash to avoid the regular board secret santa*. Post here if you'd be down, and I'll facilitate if it's more than just me.

*Participation in the regular one doesn't exclude you from this, anybody who wants to make something can be involved.

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No, they probably wouldn't. It's a little harder to confidently join such a large exchange, though - I would be more than comfortable making something for someone I knew or someone I know to appreciate handmade things, but not everybody likes them the way some of us do and that exchange is so much more widespread that you could very well get someone you don't know at all.

I don't know. It seemed like a nice idea; I just thought I'd gauge interest.

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Can we have a questions survey like the other gift exchange, only with completely non-relevant questions? Like, if you were going to have an existential crisis, would you be more likely to relate to Hamlet, Holden Caufield, or Don Draper? These are the sorts of things I need to know in order to craft an adequate gift.